Friends with Monsters International Anthem and Asher Gamedze (drums) –

and Asher Gamedze (drums) – it was the first stop of their first European tour

into a rattling drum groove punctuated by sparkling synths

Across 10 tracks

we can see Chet with Mulligan at the piano in California 1952

Alex Hitchcock contributes his voice on tenor sax to represent the rising generation of virtuoso players

Friends with Monsters International Anthem and Asher Gamedze (drums) –Singer Nishla Smith creates vivid, enigmatic stories through sound, her voice stretching from melancholic sweetness through to dark intimacy. Her debut album Friends With Monsters confirms Smith as a major new vocal talent and sees the vocalist's affinity for inventive narratives extended over the span of a full album. The Australian performer travelled via Berlin to eventually settle in Manchester and is joined here by some of the city's most